Virtual Access Point (VAP) enables you to create multiple Access Points with different Service Set
Identifier, WDS settings, and even different MAC address, using the same hardware interface. You
can create up to 7 VAP interfaces from a single physical interface. To create a Virtual Access Point,
simply add a new interface, specifying a master-interface which is the physical interface that will
do the hardware function to VAP.
This example will show you how to create a VAP:
[admin@VAP] interface wireless> print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running
0
name="wlan1" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0C:42:05:00:22 arp=enabled
disable-running-check=no interface-type=Atheros AR5413
radio-name="000C42050022" mode=ap-bridge ssid="test" area=""
frequency-mode=superchannel country=no_country_set antenna-gain=0
frequency=2437 band=2.4ghz-b/g scan-list=default rate-set=default
supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps
supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,
54Mbps
basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps max-station-count=2007
ack-timeout=dynamic tx-power=default tx-power-mode=default
noise-floor-threshold=default periodic-calibration=default
burst-time=disabled fast-frames=no dfs-mode=none antenna-mode=ant-a
wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no
update-stats-interval=disabled default-authentication=yes
default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0
hide-ssid=no security-profile=default disconnect-timeout=3s
on-fail-retry-time=100ms preamble-mode=both
[admin@VAP] interface wireless> add master-interface=wlan1 ssid=virtual-test \
\... mac-address=00:0C:42:12:34:56 disabled=no name=V-AP
[admin@VAP] interface wireless> print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running
0
name="wlan1" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0C:42:05:00:22 arp=enabled
disable-running-check=no interface-type=Atheros AR5413
radio-name="000C42050022" mode=ap-bridge ssid="test" area=""
frequency-mode=superchannel country=no_country_set antenna-gain=0
frequency=2437 band=2.4ghz-b/g scan-list=default rate-set=default
supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps
supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,
54Mbps
basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps max-station-count=2007
ack-timeout=dynamic tx-power=default tx-power-mode=default
noise-floor-threshold=default periodic-calibration=default
burst-time=disabled fast-frames=no dfs-mode=none antenna-mode=ant-a
wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no
update-stats-interval=disabled default-authentication=yes
default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0
hide-ssid=no security-profile=default disconnect-timeout=3s
on-fail-retry-time=100ms preamble-mode=both
1
name="V-AP" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0C:42:12:34:56 arp=enabled
disable-running-check=no interface-type=virtual-AP
master-interface=wlan1 ssid="virtual-test" area=""
max-station-count=2007 wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none
wds-ignore-ssid=no default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes
default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no
security-profile=default
[admin@VAP] interface wireless>
When scanning from another router for an AP, you will see that you have 2 Access Points instead of
one:
[admin@MikroTik] interface wireless> scan Station
Flags: A - active, B - bss, P - privacy, R - routeros-network, N - nstreme
ADDRESS
SSID
BAND
FREQ SIG RADIO-NAME
AB R
00:0C:42:12:34:56 virtual-test
2.4ghz-g
2437 -72 000C42050022
AB R
00:0C:42:05:00:22 test
2.4ghz-g
2437 -72 000C42050022
-- [Q quit|D dump|C-z pause]
[admin@MikroTik] interface wireless>
Note that the master-interface must be configured as an Access Point (ap-bridge or bridge
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